Vehicle-window-strap holder.



1. GOODMAN.

VH|CLE WINDOW STRAP HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 26. I911- Patented Mar. 26, 1918.

JOSEPH doorman, on wnrrnnYvILtn, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR ornnw- HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, A1, CORPORATION.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 26, 1918.

Application filed n. 20, 1917. 7 Serial No. 175,768.

tute part of this application, and represent,

Figure 1 an inside view of a part of a ve- .hicle door showing my improved window strap holder in position and engaging with a window strap.

Fig. 2 an underside view of the holder, detached.

Fig. 3 a top or plan view of the same, partly broken away, and shown in connection with the clampingplate.

Fig. 4 a sectional view on the line 44 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 a sectional view on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 6 an underside view of a modified form of holder.

Fig. 7 a sectional view on the line 7-7 of Fig. 6.

This invention relates to an improvement in vehicle window strip holders, and particularly to holders for windows which move vertically and which are raised by a broad strap, one end of which is secured to the lower end of the window sash or to the lower end of the glass if no such sash frame is employed. In the more general construction straps for this purpose are formed with button-holes or slots adapted to engage with a button fixed in the door below the window opening.

The object of this invention is to provide a clamping device through which a strap eX- tends and by which it may be secured at any desired point, and provide means for releas- 7 and 8, the ends being perforated for. the reception of screws 9 by which it is secured inplace near the upper edge of a door 10in line with the center of a window 11. Mounted in the housing is a horizontally arranged gripping bar 12 formed with supporting arms 13 which extend into sockets 14: formed for them in the ends of the housing and in which they are held by lugs 15 which are turned down over the arms. This grippingbar is formed with a gripping cam-face 16 which is preferably formed with longitudinal ribs 17. The bar is also formed with a centrally arranged finger-piece 18 which eX- tends through a clearance notch 19 formed for it in the upper edge of the housing but does not project beyond the face of the housing so as not to be in position to catch the clothing of the person entering or leaving the vehicle. Around one of the arms of the clamping bar is a spring 20 the tendencyof which is to turn the bar so as to force the gripping cam face upward and the finger-piece forward.

Preferably and as herein shown, in conjunction with the holder I employ a clamp ing-plate 21 the ends of which have perforations 22 in line with the holes in the housing for the screws 9 so that both the housing and clamping plate may be secured to the door by the same means. Preferably the face of this plate will be formed with transversely arranged ribs 23. The strap 24 passes through the housing between the clamping-plate and the clamping-bar, and its end is secured to the lower edge of the window 11, the strap passing over the edge of the window casing and downward through the holder. A downward pull upon the strap by means of a handle 25 secured to its free end will raise the sash; and a movement of the strap in this direction is permitted as such movement swings the clamping-bar downward so as to move it out of clamping engagement with the strap. As soon as downward pressure upon the strap is released, the spring turns the clamping-bar to move the cam-face against the strap and the weight of the window upon the end of the strap will draw the strap upward, and the clamping-bar will engage the strap between its gripping cam-face and the face of ing the clamping-bar with a gripping camface the device may be used with straps of various thickness.

To allow the window to drop it is only necessary to press the finger-piece 18 inward so as to swing the clamping-bar downward out of gripping engagement with the strap and the window will fall by its own weight. When the finger-piece is released the gripping-bar is immediately brought into action so as to immediately arrest further movement of the window.

Instead of having the finger-piece project upward, it may project downward as shown in Figs. 6 and 7 of the drawings. In this case the finger-piece 26 will be formed with trunnions 27 seated in lugs 28 formed in the lower wall of the casing, and the clampingbar 29 will be formed with a centrally ar-- ranged notch 30 to receive the upper end 31 of the shank 32 of the push-button. An inward movement of the push-button will swing the clamping-bar downward so as to move the face out of engagement with the strap in the same manner as in the construction first described.

copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Iatents,

I claim y 1. A vehicle window strap holder comprising a housing adapted to be attached to the inner face of a vehicle door, aclampingbar pivotally'mountedin said housing, said ba-r formed with a gripping cam-face and a finger-piece by which the bar may be turned,

ating finger, and a spring normally tending to move the bar into its gripping position.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH GOODMAN. Witnesses: a y

M. B. HUnsoN J. G. HYMAN.

Washington, 0.

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